² When the wicked advance against me
    to devour^[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.^(A)

¹² They swarmed around me like bees,^(A)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;^(B)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^(C)

⁴ Do all these evildoers know nothing?^(A)

They devour my people^(B) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.^(C)

³ My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.

¹⁵ Many of them will stumble;^(A)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”